--9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii New packages that correct a vulnerability in the kernels that shipped with Red Hat Linux 6.0 are now available. When exploited this vulnerability allows remote users to crash machines running 2.2.x kernels. Thanks to Piotr Wilkin for reporting the problem and to Alan Cox for the fix. Red Hat Software recommends that all users with networked machines upgrade to this release. The procedure for upgrading the kernel is documented at http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/docs/kernel-upgrade/kernel-upgrade.html Please read the entire section for your architecture before upgrading. Red Hat Linux 6.0 ================= Intel ----- rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/kernel-2.2.5-22.i386.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/kernel-2.2.5-22.i586.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/kernel-smp-2.2.5-22.i586.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/kernel-2.2.5-22.i686.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/i386/kernel-smp-2.2.5-22.i686.rpm Alpha ----- rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/kernel-2.2.5-22.alpha.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/alpha/kernel-smp-2.2.5-22.alpha.rpm SPARC/UltraSPARC ---------------- Note: These packages obsolete the earlier kernel-2.2.5-21 release for SPARC. The problems fixed by the 2.2.5-21 release are also fixed in 2.2.5-22. rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/kernel-2.2.5-22.sparc.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/kernel-smp-2.2.5-22.sparc.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/kernel-2.2.5-22.sparc64.rpm rpm -ivh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/sparc/kernel-smp-2.2.5-22.sparc64.rpm Source RPM ---------- rpm -Uvh ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.0/SRPMS/kernel-2.2.5-22.src.rpm =================================================================== Matt Wilson PGP public key: http://charlotte.redhat.com/~msw/pgp_public_key.asc --9amGYk9869ThD9tj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3a iQCVAwUBN1Wag1K2dzf8iSNpAQEB8AP/eBi3zLaICOmM1Bi1GW78GrtuIL1q5Kk6 K3Ehbdj0nb7NoHDTRCiIhLGUgCD8MtHZEEWeArAygSyw4tzL3jGaRdUUNfnHtKOl RvmtBex4NRqblqS1DtSWT3GhwBWQUG3uIqNtHyq3yozmU4rdeV6ujNdjp66FmnLa IFFRV6X94N0= =cFQB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --9amGYk9869ThD9tj-- -- To unsubscribe: mail redhat-watch-list-requestat_private with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe redhat-announce-list-requestat_private < /dev/null
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